Doug Bird

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1950 in Corona, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pomona HS (Pomona, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 8th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY) and the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA).

High Schools: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY), Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)

School: Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1973 (Age 23-055d, 13,350th in major league history)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 10, 1983 (Age 33-189d)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: James Douglas Bird

Nicknames: The Fidrych

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

ERA

3.99

432

100

1213.2

680

WHIP

1.293

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Team Record in Appearances: 27-28 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 37

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	55	6	Apr 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-8	7-7		99	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	36.00	15.58	8	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.025	.19	-0.03%	-3.53	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d8
2	56	11	Apr 21	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-11	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.00	6.91	8	4	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	.07	0.005	.09	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
3	57	15	Apr 25	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-1	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.20	4.38	6	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.030	.20	0.02%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 5
4	58	17	Apr 27	KCR		BOS	W,10-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.00	3.74	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.014	.32	0.01%	2.31	9t 123 0 out a7	9t end a 7
5	59	18	Apr 28	KCR		BOS	L,4-5	8-GF(13)	L(0-1)	0	5.1	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.97	3.64	18	7	5	0	2	2		2	1	2	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.019	1.97	0.02%	0.89	8t 1-3 2 out d1	13t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	60	22	May 3	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	7-GF		4	2.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	3.68	11	5	4	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.159	1.29	0.09%	1.72	7t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 1
7	61	25	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	8-GF	H(1)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.87	3.15	6	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.157	1.29	0.11%	0.89	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
8	62	29	May 12(1)	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	7-GF	W(1-1)	3	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.45	3.01	9	4	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.482	4.65	0.45%	1.97	7b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end a 1
9	63	30	May 12(2)	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	9-GF	H(2)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.00	2	0	2	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.037	1.23	0.04%	0.46	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
10	64	32	May 14(1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.18	3.01	8	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.33	0.271	7.63	0.29%	1.54	8b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 2
11	65	34	May 16	KCR		TEX	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.11	2.91	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	0.159	5.82	0.17%	0.89	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
12	66	35	May 17	KCR		TEX	W,6-4	7-GF	S(3)	0	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.88	2.83	9	4	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.277	3.40	0.30%	1.85	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
13	67	37	May 19	KCR		TEX	L,3-8	8-GF		1	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.10	2.73	9	2	4	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.034	.33	-0.04%	-1.36	8t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end d 5
14	68	40	May 23	KCR		CAL	L,1-3	7-GF		3	2.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.22	2.79	12	2	4	0	0	2		2	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.40	-0.102	2.19	-0.10%	0.13	7t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 2
15	69	42	May 25	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	12-GF(14)	W(2-1)	1	3.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.30	2.80	14	5	4	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	-0.040	3.91	-0.04%	0.44	12t --- 0 out tie	14t end d 1
16	70	45	May 28	KCR		BAL	W,9-5	9-GF(11)	W(3-1)	2	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.14	2.70	8	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.378	4.47	0.38%	1.39	9t 12- 2 out tie	11t end tie
17	71	47	May 31	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-2	9-GF	H(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.69	4	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.081	2.02	0.08%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	72	50	Jun 3	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.98	2.72	7	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.091	1.81	0.09%	1.29	7b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
19	73	52	Jun 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(3-2)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.21	2.71	3	0	2	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.74	-0.818	7.41	-0.77%	-2.45	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end d 1
20	74	54	Jun 9	KCR		CLE	L,6-8	6-7		3	1.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.61	2.95	7	1	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.074	.85	-0.06%	-1.04	6t 1-3 2 out d2	7t 3 out d4
21	75	56	Jun 12	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	12-GF(13)	W(4-2)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.50	2.83	5	2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.454	4.36	0.38%	1.65	12t 1-3 1 out tie	13t end tie
22	76	59	Jun 15	KCR	@	DET	L,9-11	6-7		2	1.1	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.63	3.04	9	2	2	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.117	4.61	-0.14%	-0.57	6b 1-- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
23	77	63	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.04	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.001	.16	0.00%	0.20	8b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
24	78	64	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BS(2)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.55	2.98	5	1	1	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	-0.357	9.21	-0.58%	-0.76	8b 123 0 out a2	8b end d 1
25	79	68	Jun 25	KCR		CHW	L,9-10	12-GF(12)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	2.97	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	-0.108	6.26	-0.14%	0.46	12t 12- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
26	80	71	Jun 28	KCR		OAK	L,1-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	2.96	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
27	81	73	Jun 30	KCR		OAK	W,8-7	7-9	BS(3)	1	2.0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.53	3.01	11	2	5	0	1	3		1	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	-0.426	4.97	-0.65%	-1.70	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t 1-3 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	82	76	Jul 3	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-3	7-GF	S(4)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.37	2.82	11	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.245	2.90	0.32%	1.41	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
29	83	77	Jul 4	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-11	7-8		0	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.66	3.13	7	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	.36	-0.027	.80	-0.04%	-1.37	7b 1-3 0 out d2	8b -2- 1 out d5
30	84	79	Jul 7(1)	KCR	@	BOS	W,11-9	8-8		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.84	3.13	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.098	5.02	-0.12%	-0.38	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 0 out a1
31	85	80	Jul 7(2)	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.79	3.20	6	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	.92	-0.072	1.98	-0.09%	-0.02	8b -23 0 out tie	8b end d 2
32	86	83	Jul 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-9	7-8	BL(4-3)	2	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.10	3.40	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	-0.513	4.92	-0.61%	-2.29	7t 1-3 2 out a2	8t --- 1 out d1
33	87	86	Jul 13	KCR		DET	L,2-8	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	3.38	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
34	88	87	Jul 14	KCR		DET	W,2-1	14-GF(14)	W(5-3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	3.37	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	0.133	4.33	0.15%	0.48	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
35	89	88	Jul 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	3.36	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.077	4.66	0.08%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
36	90	91	Jul 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-10	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.20	3.36	9	1	4	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	.26	-0.072	.38	-0.06%	-1.64	7b --3 1 out d1	8b end d 4
37	91	92	Jul 19	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.31	4	1	1	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.14	0.305	6.02	0.21%	0.27	9b 123 0 out a3	9b end a 1
38	92	95	Jul 25	KCR	@	CAL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(7)	5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.09	3.35	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.95	0.175	5.48	0.12%	0.43	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
39	93	100	Jul 30	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	3.34	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
40	94	101	Jul 31	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(8)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.33	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.79	0.322	5.67	0.14%	0.54	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	95	106	Aug 4(2)	KCR		CAL	W,3-0	9-GF	H(4)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.95	3.25	4	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.031	.35	0.02%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
42	96	108	Aug 7(1)	KCR		MIN	W,7-6	8-GF	W(6-3)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	3.20	5	1	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.388	2.86	0.26%	1.41	8t --3 1 out tie	9t end a 1
43	97	109	Aug 7(2)	KCR		MIN	W,5-1	9-GF		-1	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	3.19	5	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.014	1.08	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
44	98	110	Aug 8	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	9-13	BS(5)	0	4.1	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.65	3.11	17	6	6	1	4	1		1	1	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	0.290	3.54	0.23%	1.27	9t --3 2 out a1	13t 3 out tie
45	99	113	Aug 11	KCR		MIL	W,5-2	9-GF	S(9)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.61	3.04	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	0.144	3.97	0.11%	1.46	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
46	100	118	Aug 17	KCR	@	BAL	W,3-2	8-9	BS(6)	5	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.57	3.08	5	0	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	3.06	-0.341	5.56	-0.37%	-1.56	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b 12- 1 out tie
47	101	121	Aug 21	KCR	@	CLE	L,6-7	9-GF		3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	3.08	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	-0.369	10.66	-0.48%	-0.94	9b 1-3 2 out tie	9b end d 1
48	102	127	Aug 26	KCR		CLE	L,1-4	9-GF		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	3.07	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.010	.57	0.02%	0.66	9t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
49	103	131	Aug 30	KCR		BAL	L,2-9	7-8		3	2.0	4	3	1	0	4	0	1	2.60	2.99	12	1	2	0	1	4		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.15	-0.007	.27	-0.01%	-1.70	7t 1-3 0 out d4	8t 3 out d8
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
50	104	133	Sep 1	KCR		BAL	L,1-7	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.57	3.00	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
51	105	134	Sep 2	KCR		CHW	L,4-6	9-GF(10)	L(6-4)	0	1.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.75	3.00	9	4	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	-0.199	1.48	-0.09%	-0.63	9t 12- 1 out tie	10t end d 2
52	106	144	Sep 13	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	7-GF(10)	BL(6-5)	10	2.2	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.88	3.08	13	6	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	-0.385	.01	0.00%	-0.80	7b --- 1 out a1	10b end d 1
53	107	151	Sep 19	KCR		OAK	W,4-3	6-GF(10)	W(7-5)	5	5.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.82	3.11	20	6	5	1	1	4		1	0	2	0	0	16	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.99	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.02	6t -2- 0 out tie	10t end tie
54	108	153	Sep 21(2)	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-5	8-GF	S(10)	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	3.14	6	1	3	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.85	8b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
55	109	161	Oct 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-6)	9	8.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.73	2.99	32	10	8	3	1	7	65			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							27-28		W-L:7-6,Sv:10,BSv:7,Hld:4	2.0	92.1	100	31	28	27	62	6	1	2.73	2.99	390	1.20		6%	11%	73	65	69	36%	6	3	0	350	19	0	9	9	6	3	1.73	0.960	2.26	-0.32%	13.27

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